2024-08-07 05:41:46
The president of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador regretted the death of Jose Agustin Ortiz Pinchetti, holder of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Electoral Crimeswho died at the age of 87 last Saturday.
“I regret the passing of Jose Agustin Ortiz Pinchetti, a true democrat. We have walked together for a long time and we will be friends y companions “Goodbye forever,” the president said.
Through his social networks, President López Obrador sent his condolences to the Ortiz Pinchetti family, mainly to “Loretta and Mariana“.
José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti was a key piece in the construction of democracy in Mexico, and as ex-militant of the AT He rejected the electoral fraud of 1988, when Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, the left-wing candidate at the time, was seeking to reach the highest elected office.
In addition, Ortiz Pinchetti He promoted the strengthening of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), in order to guarantee the organization of more democratic processes in the country.
Meanwhile, his closeness to Andrés Manuel López Obrador allowed him to be his secretary of Government, when the current president was Head of Government in the City ofe Mexico.
The ministers attended the funeral Luis Maria Aguilar Morales, Javier Laynez Potisek and Alfredo Gutierrez Ortiz Mena.
On February 8, 2019, Ortiz Pinchetti was appointed by Alejandro Gertz Manero as head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Electoral Crimes, a position he held until March 11 of that same year.
This Monday, President López Obrador is expected to speak at his press conference Morning, He addresses the issue of his former collaborator, as well as the profiles that could occupy Ortiz Pinchetti’s position.
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2024-08-07 05:41:46